camera

camera

Anger camera the original form of gamma camera. Because the Anger camera is by far the most frequently used type of gamma (or scintillation) camera today, the terms are often used interchangeably.

gamma camera (scintillation camera) an electronic instrument that produces photographs or cathode-ray tube images of the gamma ray emissions from organs containing tracer compounds. The original and most commonly used version is the Anger c.

camera o´culi either the anterior or the posterior chamber of the eye.

scintillation camera an electronic instrument that produces photographs or cathode-ray tube images of the gamma ray emissions from organs containing tracer compounds; the term is often equated with Anger camera, the original and most used version.

camera

[kam′ərə]

Etymology: L, vaulted chamber

(in anatomy) any compartment, cavity, or chamber, as those of the eye, tooth, or heart.

cam·era

, pl. camerae (kam'ĕr-ă, -ē, -ăz) [TA]

1. A closed box; one containing a lens, shutter, and light-sensitive film or digital medium for photography.

2. anatomy Any chamber or cavity, such as one of the chambers of the heart or eye.

[L. a vault]

camera

pl. camerae; a cavity or chamber.

camera anterior bulbi

anterior chamber of the eye.

camera posterior bulbi

posterior chamber of the eye; small annular space between the posterior surface of the iris and the anterior surface of the lens, and bounded peripherally by the ciliary processes.

camera vitrea bulbi

vitreous chamber of the eye, between the crystalline lens and the retina, that contains the vitreous body.

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